[clreq] meaning of 新五號四行＝36pt

r12a has just created a new issue for https://github.com/w3c/clreq:

== meaning of 新五號四行＝36pt ==
section 2.3.5 reads:
【请问在两岸这是通用的做法吗？还是各自不同？】中文活字尺寸以「號」為單 
位，又分新舊兩種寸法。可完整對應美制的「點」（point），分別如下：初 
號＝42pt、一號＝27.5pt、二號＝21pt、三號＝15.75pt、四號＝13.75pt、五 
號＝10.5pt、六號＝7.875pt、七號＝5.25pt。新五號四行＝36pt、新一 
號＝24pt、新二號＝18pt、新三號字＝16pt、新四號＝12pt、新五號＝9pt。 

here is my version

There are two traditional size systems for Chinese characters, and old
 one and a new one. The following shows the equivalence in the Western
 point system. In the Old size system, Size 0 = 42pt, Size 1 = 27.5pt,
 Size 2 = 21pt, Size 3 = 15.75pt, Size 4 = 13.75pt, Size 5 = 10.5pt, 
Size 6 = 7.875pt, and Size 7 = 5.25pt; while 4 lines of New Size 5 is 
36pt, New Size 1 = 24pt, New Size 2 = 18pt, New Size 3 = 16pt, New 
Size 4 = 12pt, New Size 5 is 9pt.

i didn't understand the bit that says "4 lines of New Size 5 is 36pt".
 Should this be New Size 0 = 36pt?  The english appears to be a direct
 translation of the chinese... 

See https://github.com/w3c/clreq/issues/69

Received on Thursday, 18 June 2015 10:09:09 UTC